House votes to evacuate more Afghan allies as US war ends

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to allow in thousands more of the Afghans who worked alongside Americans in the Afghanistan war, citing the urgency of protecting those on-the-ground allies from Taliban retaliation as the U.S. military withdrawal enters its final weeks.

Florida Republican and Vietnam war veteran Rep. Neal Dunn evoked the scenes of the U.S. military withdrawal from Vietnam, which left many Vietnamese who’d worked with American forces fearing — and sometimes meeting — death and detention.

“We cannot do this again. We must not do this again. We must bring back … all the people who were so important to us in combat,” Neal said, urging fellow lawmakers to vote for the bill. “Please do not abandon friends of America again.”

The House passed it 407-16, sending it to the Senate. The bill, by Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat and former Army Ranger who fought in Afghanistan, allows 8,000 more visas for translators and others who worked with American troops and civilians in Afghanistan. It also eases some requirements for the visas.

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I wonder who the 16 that voted no were.

[hookaleft]

1. This should have been done before the exit.....

These people and their families are in extreme peril. I was reading an article the other day about how the only flights for these Afghans are out of Kabul. These people have to travel hundreds of miles through Taliban checkpoints to get to the flights. It is a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Poor people.

[Effete Snob]

2. Good start, but it has to be more than 8,000

I would bet that there are a lot more than that who were willing to risk their lives for the US, and who would be certain targets if we left them behind.

We have a duty to safely extract everyone who made that bet.

[George II]

3. All republicans, and a quick look shows Boebert, Greene, and Gosar...

... were among them.